[Yellow]

Aaaaah, the money-grabbing fucks.

[Obdigore]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Mar 26 2009, 01:38 PM, said:

Rand's not going to really die. There's going to be a "the prophecy, while technically true, did not mean exactly what we thought it meant" cop-out of the worst kind.

The wound in his side is going to open, bleed upon mount doom, lous theramon telamaon (or whatever his fucking name is) is going to pour out in the blood, and cleanse the mountain and completely destroy the dark one... until the wheel spins again...

[Assail]

Obdigore, on Mar 26 2009, 11:56 AM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Mar 26 2009, 01:38 PM, said:

Rand's not going to really die. There's going to be a "the prophecy, while technically true, did not mean exactly what we thought it meant" cop-out of the worst kind.

The wound in his side is going to open, bleed upon mount doom, lous theramon telamaon (or whatever his fucking name is) is going to pour out in the blood, and cleanse the mountain and completely destroy the dark one... until the wheel spins again...

Or maybe he'll twist it, make it so the bad dude wins, and so begins WoT V2!

[Gem Windcaster]

Obdigore, on Mar 26 2009, 07:56 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Mar 26 2009, 01:38 PM, said:

Rand's not going to really die. There's going to be a "the prophecy, while technically true, did not mean exactly what we thought it meant" cop-out of the worst kind.

The wound in his side is going to open, bleed upon mount doom, lous theramon telamaon (or whatever his fucking name is) is going to pour out in the blood, and cleanse the mountain and completely destroy the dark one... until the wheel spins again...

Indeed. Why can't he just stop the darned wheel!

[Assail]

Gem Windcaster, on Mar 26 2009, 01:08 PM, said:

Obdigore, on Mar 26 2009, 07:56 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on Mar 26 2009, 01:38 PM, said:

Rand's not going to really die. There's going to be a "the prophecy, while technically true, did not mean exactly what we thought it meant" cop-out of the worst kind.

The wound in his side is going to open, bleed upon mount doom, lous theramon telamaon (or whatever his fucking name is) is going to pour out in the blood, and cleanse the mountain and completely destroy the dark one... until the wheel spins again...

Indeed. Why can't he just stop the darned wheel!

His magic points are not over 9000.

I had to invert it, then I had to say it. >.>

[Macros]

I suspect shenanigans of the highest level.
That cover is simply TOO fucking bad to be real.

The lady even looks shooped in.
the knees, I mean theres just so much fail in it.

its worse than any wot cover so far

[Assail]

Macros, on Mar 26 2009, 01:16 PM, said:

I suspect shenanigans of the highest level.
That cover is simply TOO fucking bad to be real.

The lady even looks shooped in.
the knees, I mean theres just so much fail in it.

its worse than any wot cover so far

I agree. However, the only thing stopping me from outright thinking it's fake is the fact is it looks so much like the other covers.

[Illuyankas]

Perhaps the cover artist is being blackmailed into doing them. Perhaps the publishers have his family locked up in a cell next to the artist's canvas with a gunman pointing a shotgun at them in a threatening manner. He can't stop painting, they'll murder his loved ones. All he can do is paint so badly the sales drop far enough to possibly bankrupt their business - without the incoming profit, there's no need for him to paint anything and they'll release them all. He knows there's a chance they'll simply execute him, his wife and his kids, claiming an accident, he knows that, but this is his only option, his only chance to keep his family safe. Right now, what they experience is not life.

Or they're just blind.

[Assail]

Illuyankas, on Mar 26 2009, 01:21 PM, said:

Perhaps the cover artist is being blackmailed into doing them. Perhaps the publishers have his family locked up in a cell next to the artist's canvas with a gunman pointing a shotgun at them in a threatening manner. He can't stop painting, they'll murder his loved ones. All he can do is paint so badly the sales drop far enough to possibly bankrupt their business - without the incoming profit, there's no need for him to paint anything and they'll release them all. He knows there's a chance they'll simply execute him, his wife and his kids, claiming an accident, he knows that, but this is his only option, his only chance to keep his family safe. Right now, what they experience is not life.

Or they're just blind.

Blind. I could paint better with my family at gun point.

[Macros]

my dog could paint better at gun point

[Salt-Man Z]

I've read that Darrell K. Sweet (famous for his fantasy covers, for example Xanth, Runelords, WoT, Thomas Covenant, etc.) actually hates doing fantasy covers. That might partially explain things.

[Illuyankas]

Exactly! The worse they are, the less need for his family to be in mortal danger! Won't somebody please think of the children!

[Assail]

Illuyankas, on Mar 26 2009, 02:02 PM, said:

Exactly! The worse they are, the less need for his family to be in mortal danger! Won't somebody please think of the children!

I'm told they're not bad in a sandwich.... of the fetal kind atleast.

[Gem Windcaster]

Illuyankas, on Mar 26 2009, 10:02 PM, said:

Exactly! The worse they are, the less need for his family to be in mortal danger! Won't somebody please think of the children!

Gah, where is rep when you need it! :Surprise: Virtual rep to you for the Simpson reference.

[Slow Ben]

Thought i'd throw this on here.

http://www.brandonsa...re-news-on-AMoL

According to Sanderson he, or Harriet, doesnt know anything about a cover being done.
Heres hoping!

[Stalker]

I believe it. It would be awful to put that cover as art.

[Optimus Prime]

I'm not a big Brandon Sanderson fan to begin with, but this news further depresses me. You'd think with all the money they are going to rake in from this scheme, they could put a decent freaking cover on a book.

[Slum]

I fart in WoT's general direction. Hey Tor, take your avaricious money-grubbing and shove it up your collective asses!

I might be less inclined to hate if they weren't planning on dragging this out for 3 MORE YEARS. Come. The. Fuck. On. The shitty cover is par for the course; no way they were going to change it up now, but 3 more years....

My patience is not so great as to follow this to its drawn-out conclusion. Hell, I hardly care as it is.

Maybe after the series is finished and the books are on the clearance racks, I'll buy them...

[Astra]

Macros, on Mar 26 2009, 08:56 PM, said:

my dog could paint better at gun point

[Sir Thursday]

I'm very surprised that Tor are going with a huge gap between the books publishing dates if the work will be finished - avoiding market saturation, sure, but surely 6 months would be enough? Probably something to do with sales figures being higher if the fans have to wait a bit longer, or along those lines. But the fact is, people will buy them anyway, so in the short term at least Tor have nothing to lose from stringing us along . Might be detrimental to them in the long run, but I seriously doubt people are going to stop reading books just because of the publisher...


Sir Thursday